A comprehensive guide to employment-based visa programs, their intended purposes, and how they impact the American workforce.
Designed to allow companies to hire skilled foreign workers in specialized fields.
Dominated by outsourcing firms flooding the system with applications.
Allows foreign students to gain work experience.
Used as a backdoor to H-1B sponsorships.
Ensures green cards are issued only when no qualified Americans are available.
Employers manipulate job ads and requirements.
Allows transfer of executives or specialized knowledge employees.
Used for cheaper labor and offshoring preparation.